anyone ever written a teaching philosophy?

Casperdy · January 2012

I need to write my teaching philosophy (500 words) and am having writer's block getting started. Any tips or suggestions?

TaylorNShannon · January 2012

Let me go find mine (keep in mind it's early childhood). I have it in my portfolio that I needed to become certified.

TeacherTiff · January 2012

I probably won't be of any help because mine is EC too, but I started by googling "constructivist teaching methods" and got some guidance from there. You can also google other teaching philosophy's for your grade level and get an idea of how to go about it. I did that and it helped a lot.

Casperdy · January 2012

TeacherTiff:
I probably won't be of any help because mine is EC too, but I started by googling "constructivist teaching methods" and got some guidance from there. You can also google other teaching philosophy's for your grade level and get an idea of how to go about it. I did that and it helped a lot.

Aha... see, the problem with teaching without a teaching degree is I wouldn't have realized there were "real" philosophies to begin with. I mean, it makes sense, but I have never had to learn them before. Thanks!

TaylorNShannon · January 2012

Well, thinking about it, mine isn't applicable to you. Does your school have a philosophy for learning? Ours was education for the head (academics), heart (compassion), and hands (service work). I based mine on educating my students according to that philosophy. I pulled in all the subject areas I had learned about in school.

star678 · January 2012

Along with aligning yourself with a teaching philosophy, you can add some things that are important to you. For me, in a low SES district with a huge achievement gap, I focused on equal, attainable achievement expectations and the importance of colorblindness in the classroom.

I also included the importance of being a reflective practitioner, meaning continually learning and growing as a professional through looking back at my personal performance and how I can improve on a daily and yearly basis.

amybyrd · January 2012

star678:
Along with aligning yourself with a teaching philosophy, you can add some things that are important to you. For me, in a low SES district with a huge achievement gap, I focused on equal, attainable achievement expectations and the importance of colorblindness in the classroom.
I also included the importance of being a reflective practitioner, meaning continually learning and growing as a professional through looking back at my personal performance and how I can improve on a daily and yearly basis.

Mine is pretty similar it is in a binder at school in my portfolio I made in 2000

mrsjanks · January 2012

In addition to what the other ladies said, mine is also science specific. I talked about not only teaching students science, but training them to be thinkers. We don't just cover content and standards, we apply it to the real world and push students to the top of bloom's taxonomy.

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